The Washington Post is reporting that Ted Stevens, the longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, and the only person to hold that seat since Alaska became a state, has lost his bid for reelection to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich.

This gives the Democrats a 58 seat majority with two more seats still up in the air. Should professional blowhard and unfunnyman Al Franken successfully steal the seat from Norm Coleman in Minnesota and if Saxby Chambliss in Georgia loses the december runoff, the democrats will have a fillibuster proof 60 seat majority.

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This is TOO funny. It's worth two minutes of your day.

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The Sienna Research Institute just released their most current poll of 626 registered voters contacted from Sept 8 - 10. The results are pretty astounding.

In June Obama led in this poll 51% to 33%, the kind of blowout most people expect from the democratic nominee.

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